As an employer, do you enforce seatbelt use when employees are driving forklift trucks? Read about this employee who was crushed while driving a forklift without wearing a seatbelt…
Tyre retread co pays £300k for lack of seatbelt rule
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Accident & Incident Investigation
Firm fined £300k after worker severs fingers
An Essex based food manufacturer has been fined after a worker had four fingers amputated while operating a metalworking lathe, using an emery cloth to clean steel shafts.
Construction firm guilty of corporate manslaughter over fatal London balcony falls
A construction company has been convicted of the manslaughter of two workers who fell to their deaths while hauling a heavy sofa into a luxury west London flat.
Accidents and Incidents
If a work accident, a serious hazard or a near miss occurs, resulting in more than one day off work or in a hospital visit, our adviser has to be informed. We can investigate, guide and advise.
Changes to RIDDOR coming April 2012
From 6 April 2012, the reporting requirement for over-three-day injuries to workers will change to over-seven-day injuries. From then, you must report work-related injuries where a worker has been incapacitated for more than seven consecutive days.
Call or message the Safewell Team
We are here to make health and safety accessible and easy for everyone. Please call on 01793 852951 or message us to help you.